Listen: Low cover Bruce Springsteen’s ‘I’m On Fire’

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With Bruce Springsteen’s iconic and top-selling album, Born in the U.S.A., turning 30 this year, a dozen artists have stepped up to record covers of the album’s 12 tracks for a new compilation called Dead Man’s Town. And as we reported earlier this month, two of the artists on the compilation are from Duluth, Minnesota.

We’ll have to wait a little while longer to hear Trampled by Turtles’ take on “I’m Goin’ Down” (Dead Man’s Town is due out September 16 on Lightning Rod Records), but we got a nice preview of the record today in the form of Low’s cover of “I’m On Fire.”

The cover starts with the same shuffling rhythm as Springsteen’s original and plays on a similarly tortured, heartsick vibe, but bandleader Alan Sparhawk and wife Mimi Parker add a few of their own touches to the mix, including a whirring little organ part and an echoing fadeout that showcases Parker’s mournful voice.